Fiji Airways posts $8.2 million operating profit in 1H

Fiji Airways reported a first-half 2015 operating profit before tax of FJD17.5 million ($8.2 million), up 16.5% from FJD15.4 million in the year-ago half.
Fiji Airways chairman Nalin Patel said the 1H 2015 results represented “yet another outstanding performance,” on the back of a record FJD60.8 million profit for the 2014 financial year.
“The key driver of our underlying profitability was a 6.7% increase in passenger numbers for the first six months of the year and ...

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